The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation is pleased to introduce the 2022 Curci Ph.D. Scholars. The Curci Foundation worked with the University of California Berkeley, the University of California San Diego, the University of California San Francisco, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Utah, and the University of Washington, each of which selected incoming Ph.D. students in Life Sciences to receive funding to assist with tuition and living expenses.
University of California Berkeley
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Antony Lurie
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Canada
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Brigette Manohar
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Trinidad & Tobago
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Ola Mostafa
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Egypt
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Lara Vetter
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: United States
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Zhiwei Xue
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: China
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Zehan Zhou
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Canada
University of California San Diego
Devanshi Agarwal
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: India
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Toheeb Balogun
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Nigeria
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Diana Ofelia Lopez Cantu
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Mexico
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Isabel Mejia
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: United States
Sneha Patel
Home country: United States
Zijing Tan
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: China
University of California San Francisco
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Amélie Marie Lucie Delcourt
Department: Tetrad
Home country: United States
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Ricardo Espinosa Lima
Department: Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Home country: Mexico
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Yang-Sun Hwang
Department: Neuroscience
Home country: South Korea
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Gabriella (Gabi) Maldonado
Department: Tetrad
Home country: United States
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Tuan Thinh (Caleb) Tong
Department: Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
Home country: Vietnam
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Xinlan Wen
Department: Neuroscience
Home country: China
University of Colorado Boulder
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Sophie Breunig
Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Home country: Germany
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Chang (Angie) Liu
Department: Biochemistry
Home country: China
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Joshiah Peters
Department: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Home country: Nigeria
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Emily Prevost
Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Home country: United States
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Hope Townsend
Department: Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Home country: United States
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Emily Yeo
University of Utah
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Aakriti Bhandari
Department: Neuroscience
Home country: Nepal
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Jiyeon Hyun
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Republic of Korea
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Warittakorn Kategeaw
Department: Pharmacotherapy
Home country: Thailand
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Shannuo Li
Department: Molecular Pharmaceutics
Home country: China
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Farhan Muhib
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Home country: Bangladesh
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Becca Schnabel
Department: Neuroscience
Home country: United States
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Madelyn Stout
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Home country: United States
University of Washington
Sahar Attar
Department: Genome Sciences
Home county: Iran
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Hung Chen
Department: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Home country: Taiwan
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Risako Gen
Department: Biochemistry
Home county: Japan
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Marta Trzeciak
Department: Pharmacology
Home county: Poland
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Gabriela Verdezoto
Department: Immunology
Home country: Ecuador
Abe Wu
Department: Bioengineering
Home country: Taiwan